Jeffree Star is feeling the wrath of the internet over a hairstyle that people say was cultural
appropriation and racist against black people.
Jeffree tweeted a photo of himself sporting the hairstyle and he immediately was bombarded
with hateful responses.
Jeffree star has gotten in a lot of trouble before over his questionable comments, But
are the hateful responses too much this time?
You be the judge.
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Before I get into it, tell me in those comments how you feel about cultural appropriation.
Recently, beauty mogul and vlogger jeffree star shared a photo of himself sporting cornrows,
with the caption MONEY HONEY.
And people were not happy about it.
Most people at least.
The photo was flooded with negative comments, there must be thousands of them.
one person wrote.
It is a appropriation, its my culture.
I have to kill my hair with heat and chemicals to be accepted, but watch people wearing braided
hairstyles, that originated from my ancestors, make money off it and I get rejected for it…something
isn’t right.
I mean it is true that African americans are forced to go through a lot in order to fit
into today’s beauty standards.
Its well known that Nicki minaj bleached her skin, and she has blonde hair.
And shes not the only one.
Some other African American celebrities who appear to have lightened their skin and or
hair include beyonce and Rihanna. and lets not forget Michael Jackson, who actually became
sensitive to the sun after his skin bleaching.
There were of course people who were defending jeffree, including people of color.
One wrote, its not cultural appropriation.
I’m black and I don’t have an issue with it and neither does anyone in my family or
my friends.
All I see are white people having an issue with it.
Its hair.
There are people dying in other countries and you’re mad about hair?
Jackie anna, also a beauty blogger, was one of the most vocal of jeffrees haters since
he posted the corn row photo.
In a post on twitter she said, jeffree star does not promote inclusivity with his brand.
She said she has not and will not excuse his blatantly racist behaviour.
The beauty industry is beginning to be a lot more inclusive, but it still has a long way
to go.
A big example of this is many makeup brands still don’t produce makeup for women with
extremely dark skin.
Obviously there are some exceptions, but generally its still a problem for many women who cant
find the makeup shade they need.
Jeffree didn’t really say much about the recent accusations, but he responded to the
last user and said ‘young kids trying to be mad at something always’.
Maybe jeffree is getting this sort of reaction over his cornrows because this isn’t the
first time jeffree star has been accused of being racist.
He has publicly used the n word on several occasions.
He called Jackie anna a gorilla and he once said that he wanted to throw battery acid
on a woman to make her skin lighter.
The racism problem in the youtube beauty community is no secret.
I mean do I need to remind you about laura lee who lost brand deals after her racist
tweets from 2012 were uncovered by fans?
Jeffree admitted to teen vogue that he used to make a lot of those comments to get a reaction
out of people.
He has also apologised many times in the past, saying that he holds no racist feelings and
he has changed.
Honestly, where is the line drawn.
if cornrows are culturally appropriating then is every little girl that goes to the Dominican
republic and comes back with cornrows racist?
I don’t feel like having corn rows is that big of a deal but At the same time though,
I can see how some people might get offended.
I don’t know.
I personally feel that the world is full of beauty, and everyone copies each other.
We should all be embracing other cultures.
Alright let me know what you think, Do you think that its racist when white people have
corn rows?
Let me know in those comments.
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